From sewage shaft to public plaza: Putney’s newest public space opens
A former Thames Tideway building site in Putney has been turned into a new public space, expanding the riverside walkway next to Putney Bridge.
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From sewage shaft to public plaza: Putney’s newest public space opens
A former Thames Tideway building site in Putney has been turned into a new public space, expanding the riverside walkway next to Putney Bridge.
Wapping park extension to sit on top of a sewer
Plans to landscape one of the Thames super sewer building sites have been approved and will enlarge the existing King Edward Memorial Park (KEMP) in Wapping.
New section of the Thames Embankment is named after Joseph Bazalgette
The Victorian engineer credited with the design of the London sewer network and the Thames Embankment has finally had part of it named after him.
A steel sewer vortex longer than a tube carriage
A gigantic steel tube that's large enough to hold a tube train has arrived at the Thames Sewer site in Hammersmith - and is to be buried vertically in the ground.
New map shows tunnel boring machines under the Thames
As a series of tunnel boring machines drill a huge sewer underneath the River Thames, a map shows their live(ish) progress.
The mystery of the London skeleton still wearing his boots
A skeleton, lying face-down deep in the Thames mud, still wearing a pair of thigh-high leather boots has been discovered by archaeologists in Bermondsey.
New images show the future of the Thames Embankment
Images of what the Thames Embankment will look like when the Super Sewer is completed have been released.
Thames Tideway’s tunnel boring machines lowered 53 metres into the ground
The first of the giant tunnel boring machines that will dig the "super sewer" underneath the Thames has been lowered into position, some 53 metres below ground.
Showing off the Thames Tideway Tunnel Boring Machines
A couple of weeks back the two cutting heads that will drill the new super sewer under London were shown off in a public open day.
Excavated clay from London’s super sewer being used to make art
A London artist is using clay being dug up on the Thames Tideway Tunnel, the 25km super sewer, to create ceramic artwork.
Another tunnel boring machine prepares to dive under London
Tideway, the company building the super sewer under the Thames, has recently completed a key milestone with the excavation of its first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) launch shaft.